Jeopardy! (1984)/Tournaments and Events

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The following is a list of the tournaments and other events that are featured on Jeopardy!

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[edit] Tournaments

For the common tournament format, see Jeopardy! (1984)/Tournament Format

[edit] Recurring

There are tournaments that occur, or in the case of the Seniors Tournament did occur, regularly

[edit] College Championship

Starting in the fifth season, 15 full-time college students from around the country play in the show's common tournament format. Currently, the winner receives at least $100,000.

[edit] Teen Tournament

[edit] Tournament of Champions

Starting in the second season, the contestants with the longest winning streaks compete in the common tournament format. Currently, the winner receives $250,000. The tournament usually airs annually, although there have so far been three seasons (17, 20 and 23)

[edit] Seniors Tournament

[edit] Special

These are special tournaments that each have occurred one time

[edit] Super Jeopardy!

Super Jeopardy! was a miniseries that aired on ABC during Summer 1990. It featured 36 of the best contestants up to that point competing for $250,000 in a custom tournament format.

[edit] Tenth Anniversary Tournament

[edit] Teen Reunion Tournament

[edit] Ultimate Tournament of Champions

[edit] Million Dollar Masters

[edit] Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational

Over the twenty-sixth season, a tournament is being held between celebrities who have previously done well in Celebrity Jeopardy. Instead of taking place in a row, the quarter finals are spread out once a month, between September and May, before the finals occur in May. The winner will have $1,000,00 donated to the charity of their choice

[edit] Non-Tournaments

[edit] Celebrity Jeopardy!

Starting in the ninth season, one or more weeks of episodes each year feature celebrities playing for a charity of their choice. Celebrities have included actors, musicians, politicians and athletes among others.

Celebrity Jeopardy! has popularly been parodied on Saturday Night Live, featuring Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek and usually featured Darrell Hammond portraying Sean Connery as a contestant.

[edit] Kids Week

Starting in the sixteenth season, one or more weeks of episodes each year feature kids, aged between 10 and 12, playing.

[edit] Kids Week Reunion

In the twenty-fifth season, a reunion will be held featuring people who originally appeared in the first few Kids Week games in 1999 and 2000.



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